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Police in Memphis, Tenn., said a man who drove around the city shooting at people, killing four, during an hours-long rampage Wednesday has been arrested.

Police in Southaven, Mississippi, located south of Memphis just beyond the state line, said Kelly stole a car at a gas station there before he was arrested back in Memphis. It was not immediately known how much of the sentence he served. "I understand it feels like so much violence and evil to experience in such a short time," Memphis City Council member Chase Carlisle said on Twitter. Rhodes College, which in about 4 miles away from the university, advised students on and off campus to shelter in place. As the shooter terrorized the city, public bus service was suspended and a downtown stadium where a minor-league baseball game was underway was placed on lockdown. Four people were killed and three others were wounded in seven shootings across Memphis, Police Director Cerelyn "CJ" Davis said during a news conference early Thursday.

When Memphis police issued a citywide lockdown at 7 p.m. for a shooting suspect, two people had already died. Here's what police say happened on Wednesday.

"Officers immediately learned that Ezekiel Kelly was the suspect," Southaven Police said in a tweet. Kelly had abandoned the car, a grey SUV, that he stole in Midtown. He fled south, and two minutes later, police responded to a shooting near I-240, where a woman had been shot in the leg. - At 12:56 a.m., a fatal shooting in the 3100 block of Lyndale Avenue, in Berclair. Already, in Davis' telling of the sequence, Kelly had fatally shot a man in a Berclair driveway, just after midnight. The Memphis Area Transit Authority suspended public bus and trolley services. The University of Memphis once again issued campus safety alerts. the Memphis Police Department warned residents about a man who was armed and dangerous. MPD said the man, later identified as Kelly, was driving a blue sedan with a busted back window and red dealer tag. The daylong sequence picked up in the afternoon when Kelly posted live Facebook footage shooting a person in a Nutbush store, Davis said, then made deadly tears through South Memphis and Midtown. The national spotlight again fixed on Memphis as the city dealt with the weight and fear that comes with violent crime. fatal shooting in Berclair and ended with Kelly's arrest some 14 miles away in Whitehaven at 9:30 p.m.

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At least one of the shootings was posted on Facebook. One brief video posted on Facebook showed a man rambling "this is for real" and using coarse language as he opened the door of a shop and fired twice at the first person to come into view. Earlier on Wednesday, police warned the public to remain indoors until Kelly was detained, after alerting them about an armed and dangerous man responsible for multiple shootings.

Memphis Mayor Jim Strickland linked MSCS enrollment declines and truancy to Memphis crime increases, but the district rebuked the direct correlation.

Strickland's comments in his newsletter linking crime, school enrollment and truancy data are part of a pattern. He also said they acknowledged in a meeting that some kids who aren't in school are committing crimes. 18.The mayor's calendar shows a meeting with Patrice Thomas, the chief of staff for the district on that date. For example, Strickland used several newsletters to push for Truth In Sentencing legislation that passed the Tennessee General Assembly this year. The district has not produced a public report showing whether enrollment declines are associated with a particular grade of students. The back-and-forth between the school district and the mayor's office is not a dispute about whether there have been large numbers of kids absent from school. Once the pause was lifted, MSCS began making truancy referrals again, sending a reported 400 in 2021, and a reported 300 so far this academic year, he said. "The large increase in juvenile crime is certainly directly impacted by more teens out of school without supervision, education, and career plans." So I met with the schools," Strickland said. Page also said enrollment data Strickland shared in a newsletter with constituents "were completely wrong." Reach her at [email protected] or 901-512-3763. In total, the district educates more than 100,000 students.

The crime scenes included seven shooting locations around Memphis as well as a carjacking in Southaven, Mississippi, authorities said.

Strickland said Kelly pleaded guilty in April of 2021 to the lesser charge of aggravated assault and was sentenced to three years but was released after 11 months – March 16 of this year. "These evil actions show why truth in sentencing is a must, and we should do all we can to make our city safe," Strickland said. Police said there were reports of the man filming himself shooting and posting the videos to Facebook. According to the affidavit, Kelly pulled Tunstall to the side and during their conversation drew a handgun and fired several shots. Strickland said that if Kelly served his full three-year sentence, he would still be in prison "and 4 of our fellow citizens would still be alive." Police swarmed the area and Kelly was arrested when he crashed during a high-speed chase in Southaven, a few miles south of Memphis. Memphis police issue an alert a short time later, advising people to stay indoors while they searched for the suspect. Three people said they saw Kelly fatally shoot Dewayne Tunstall in the head as Tunstall was visiting with friends at a home in Memphis. Friends and relatives called and texted each other to check on each others’ safety. "This is no way for us to live and it is not acceptable." The crime scenes included a carjacking that led officers to Kelly, Davis said. Wednesday, launched a citywide search for Kelly.

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Police also analyzed a pair of sandals that were found at the abduction site, near the victim's phone. Later, police found surveillance video of that area, which showed a black GMC Terrain pass by her, according to the affidavit. Investigators interviewed Henderson's employer, who said he drove a GMC Terrain and verified his phone number. We appreciate all the expressions of love and concern we have received. The school faculty and staff lit candles in Fletcher's memory earlier this week. "Now it's time to remember and celebrate how special she was and to support those who cared so much for her. But "today is not about debating the finer details of criminal justice policy," Mulroy said after Henderson's hearing Thursday. Someone had found her phone on a street that morning. It's also unclear whether Henderson's prior kidnapping conviction of more than 20 years would have an impact in this case. CNN has reached out to the Shelby County Public Defender's Office for comment. Mary's Episcopal School in Memphis. "If Mr.

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Mulroy has noted Henderson served 85% of the sentence, which Mulroy said was "not unusual." Davis said her body was found behind a vacant duplex. Police did not publicly confirm that the body was Fletcher's until Tuesday morning. After more than three days of searching, police found Fletcher's body just after 5 p.m. The suspect's public defender has filed a sealed motion regarding his future representation. He was then charged with first-degree murder and made his first court appearance on that charge Wednesday.

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We grieve for ourselves, we grieve for the Fletchers and we also grieve for our city. The oldest of such cases dates back to 1986. For four days, officers and agents of the Memphis Police Department, Shelby County Sheriff's Office, U.S. It didn't take long for would-be sleuths to try and convict Fletcher's husband with no supporting evidence and no indication from authorities that he was ever a person of interest. Abston was 16 when he forced Durand at gunpoint into the trunk of a car, according to Commercial Appeal archives. "We grieve all of this kind of violence and evil in our city. When the moderator was asked for their name, the reporter was blocked from further messaging. "We are heartbroken and devastated by this senseless loss. in a converted van with her fiancé, Brain Laundrie, who police suspect killed Petito. What is known, however, is that Abston's long history with the criminal justice system in Shelby County started early. A struggle ensued as he forced her into the vehicle. Once he did, footage showed, the SUV remained parked in a University of Memphis parking lot for four minutes before heading in an unknown direction.